ALEKSEI VASILIEVITCH KOLTSOV
\ɐlˈɛkse͡ɪ vˈasɪlˌiːvɪt͡ʃ kˈə͡ʊltsɒv], \ɐlˈɛkseɪ vˈasɪlˌiːvɪtʃ kˈəʊltsɒv], \ɐ_l_ˈɛ_k_s_eɪ v_ˈa_s_ɪ_l_ˌiː_v_ɪ_tʃ k_ˈəʊ_l_t_s_ɒ_v]\
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A Russian lyric poet; born at Voronesch, Oct. 14, 1809; died there, Oct. 31, 1842. A dealer in cattle and wood, devouring books in a friendly bookseller's store, he became "the Burns of Russia". His poems, few in number (124), the best of them treating of peasant life, short and even almost uncouth, introduced a new form of art. Their diction was inimitably original and natural, their feeling deep and true; they won their author consideration in the highest Russian literary circles. Good specimens of them are: "The Harvest"; "The Young Reaper"; "The Forest". ("Poetical Works", 7th ed. 1880.)
By Charles Dudley Warner
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